NLRB Withdraws Claims That Apple CEO Violated Workers’ Rights October 1, 2025 By Josh Eidelson The US labor board has abandoned its allegations that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook violated federal labor law,...
Labor Department Investigating Nvidia, Amazon-Backed Startup Scale AI March 7, 2025 The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and...
US Judge Skeptical of Biden Overtime Pay Rule June 25, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in Texas on Monday seemed likely to stop a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime...
Federal Judge Blocks Biden Wage Rule for Construction Projects June 25, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding the cases in which construction contractors are required...
Supreme Court Backs Starbucks Over Fired Pro-Union Workers June 19, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Starbucks in the coffee chain’s challenge to a judicial order to rehire seven Memphis...
Judge Blocks NLRB Rule on Contract and Franchise Workers March 11, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat...
Freelancers File First Lawsuit Challenging Independent Contractor Rule January 17, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A group of freelance writers and editors has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the Biden administration’s new rule...
Google Must Bargain With YouTube Worker Union, US Labor Board Rules January 5, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner Alphabet Inc’s Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music,...
SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Elon Musk, US Labor Agency Says January 4, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a U.S. labor agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for...
Starbucks Says It Wants Union Talks, Agreements in 2024 December 11, 2023 By Josh Eidelson and Daniela Sirtori Starbucks Corp. said it reached out to the union representing hundreds of its stores to try to end an impasse...